Chuck and MJ Slugg et. al. report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/21/10
Notes: Highlights of the EZ Birding walk include a drake Wood Duck in prime
plumage, 2 Sora of which almost everyone got a glimpse, and the Hudsonian Godwit
on Bunker Pond.
Number of species: 55
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 10
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 8
Mallard 36
Blue-winged Teal 24
Northern Shoveler 6
Green-winged Teal 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 8
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Sora 2
Killdeer 14
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Hudsonian Godwit 1
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Royal Tern 12
Black Skimmer 40 seen from distance through scope
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 12
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 2 heard only
Tree Swallow 7
Carolina Chickadee 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard only
Carolina Wren 2 heard only
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1 heard only
European Starling 50
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Bobolink 4
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 2 heard only
House Sparrow 7
